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AI-designed proteins take on deadly snake venom
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We need to see droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin
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WaterWeek highlights urgency for water resiliency interventions
South Africa's National Water Week (20-26 March), and World Water Day (22 March), coincide this year with uproar in Johannesburg as large swathes of the city have been facing recurrent water outages or low supply - not for days, but for months. The challenges that...
SA unveils infrastructure plans
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Retailers embrace GenAI – but lack of data strategy is a problem
Global retailers are quickly adopting generative AI to personalise and improve in-store and online shopping experiences - but nearly half of the 1 300 retailers surveyed by Salesforce and the Retail AI Council are struggling to make their data accessible. And just 42%...
SA leads Africa’s solar boom
Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei SolarFusion Partner Summit - Africa is on the brink of a real solar boom. John van Zuylen, CEO of the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA), explains that solar is growing exponentially. After years of lacklustre solar photovoltaic...
Solar drives up residential fire risk
Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei FusionSolar Partner Summit - The power situation in South Africa is driving people to install solar systems - but they could be putting their homes and families at risk. "Every fourth structural fire in Johannesburg we receive a call...
1-in-100 online service users is part of a fraud network
Research by Sumsub, a global verification platform with more than 1-billion identities on its database, shows an alarming surge of fraud networks across multiple regions. According to the research, every 100th user of a digital platform or service globally was a...
These are the top websites blocked by employers
A significant portion of employers (72%) block malicious and adult websites due to malware threats, according to research from cybersecurity company NordLayer, which adds that 43% block gambling sites too - likely due to concerns over addiction and productivity...
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What’s after ADSL for home and SME users?
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